COLCHESTER United have signed midfielder Jamie McDonnell on loan from Nottingham Forest.

The U's have snapped up the Northern Ireland youth international from the Premier League club until the end of the season.

McDonnell, 20, follows Forest academy team-mate Aaron Donnelly in joining Colchester on loan from the Reds.

 

Donnelly made his U's debut against Brentford in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, after joining them this week.

McDonnell, who has been a regular in the Premier League side's U21s over the past two seasons, is the U's 13th signing in this summer's transfer window.